Danny John-Jules lashes out at Strictly judges and co-stars in Twitter rant

Danny John-Jules has lashed out at the Strictly judges after landing bottom of the leaderboard tonight. The Red Dward actor scored just 27 for his performance with pro partner Amy Dowden and was criticised for being “too tough” with partner Amy Dowden and was warned he needed to “chill out”. Clearly unhappy with the comments, Danny took to Twitter after the show to retweet various fans’ comments criticising the judges’ scores and his fellow co-stars. One comment he retweeted read: “I thought that too, surely if a dance didn’t have any mistakes it should get maximum marks.” While he retweeted another suggesting that the judges had fixed the result, writing: “Sensing a bit of a stitch up.” A tweet also lashed out at him scoring less than Graeme Swann and Joe Sugg, saying: “How was Danny scored lower than Graeme or Joe in that fact? Judge the dance, not the bulls*** you read in the papers!” However he also retweeted his adoring fans’ praise of his performance. One tweeted: “@DannyJohnJules and @dowden_amy thought your samba was gawjus, very enjoyable to watch! All my votes went to you. Long live #therivierakid! Earlier this week, the Daily Mirror exclusively revealed how his dance partner Amy fled training in tears after a massive row. And the judges appeared to address the issue while criticising their dance. Bruno Tonioli told the Red Dwarf actor: “You have to be really careful. You can’t be too touch and staccato…you can’t push her.” While Craig Revel Horwood… [Read full story]